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[veganmofo]

bakery truck
so, i had this crazy idea a few months ago. i'd renovate an old ice cream truck (diesel? biodiesel? vegan grease? maybe from donut making?) cut out the sides, add glass or plexiglas for a "window case" refrigerate this "window case" and use it to both sell and deliver my goods. i hope that wouldn't be against any laws. there are plenty of street vendors. would a moving street vendor really be all that different?

here's the large size with all the text and stuff. if i linked to a 600 pixel wide pic, it wouldn't have been very legible, and i sure as heck wasn't going to hotlink the original. yikes!
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so a few days ago, my husband had a great idea. he's going to be a full-fledged volunteer fireman (if all goes well, of course, but i have faith in him) mid december-ish. and his fire hall has a commercial kitchen. (the lack of which has been keeping me from starting my business. NJ, health code, blah blah blah. this health code benefits the larger businesses, by keeping the small businesses without a foothold. *sadness*) so. if i had a commercial kitchen at my disposal, things could theoretically go very well. here i was thinking i'd have to negotiate some sort of deal with a local bakery/coffee shop to use their kitchen on their off-time. which might have it's benefits, but i think having a kitchen all to myself, less people getting in my way, etc. would be better. i do think it would be better to have a partner, but if i had to go it alone, at least in the begining, i don't think i'd mind.

as for delivery options before being able to shell out all the moolah for my DIY delivery truck, that'd be a little dicey. see, we're a 1-car household. i sold my money-trap of a car over 3 years ago. mr carrot has flex time with his current job, and as of now he errs on the side of getting home after 7:00 pm. often after 8. heh. he does however have a possible option for telecommuting, so that'd be perfect. but! then what if i have the car when a call goes out? sure we live only half a mile from the fire house, on very level ground, so it'll take less than 5 minutes to bike there, but every minute counts and he really should keep his energy for the good fight. i suppose a <50 cc scooter would work. i don't think it'd waste much more time than a car would. especially considering it's 90% back roads to get to the fire house. i do have a moped from the 70's wasting away in the garage, but that wouldnt be suitable. it takes a really long time to pedal start. we'd need something with a key that'd start right away. oh, look at that. i've rambled. i've made it less suitable for veganMoFo. more like veganMoPed.

well, to bring it back to my business... if i clear $200 per week, i'll be better off than my current situation. (AND we'll always have muffins available. very much unlike our current situation.) and i suppose i could also leave some extra baked goods out for the guys. especially if they let me use the kitchen for free. that shouldn't be too hard to accomplish, would it? :-( if each muffin is 2 bucks, 150 muffins a week? oh boy. i'd have to get a lot of cafes on board. *crosses fingers* i suppose i could also contract out for "not-super-fancy birthday cakes" as well. i don't have much experience with decorating cakes.